| | | reasonable care, is doubtful or that the cat presents a | | danger to the public. |
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| | | Notwithstanding paragraphs A and B, a veterinarian may authorize | | immediate euthanasia if, in the veterinarian's judgment, there is | | no possibility of recovery for a severely injured or severely | | sick cat. |
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| | | 5. Immunity. A veterinarian, a humane agent, an animal | | control officer or an animal shelter, including a person employed | | by an animal shelter, is not civilly liable to the owner of a cat | | for the loss of that cat resulting from actions taken in | | compliance with this section. |
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| | | Nothing in this subsection grants to an animal shelter or person | | any immunity from liability arising from the gift, sale or other | | transference of a cat to a research facility in violation of | | subsection 2. |
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| | | Sec. 9. 7 MRSA §§3919-B and 3919-C are enacted to read: |
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| | | §3919-B.__Disposition of pet when owner is institutionalized |
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| | | Notwithstanding sections 3913 and 3919-A and except as | | provided in Title 17, section 1021, when a person brings a pet to | | an animal shelter because the owner of that pet is incarcerated | | or hospitalized, that person shall provide the animal shelter | | with the name and address of the pet's owner and the name and | | address of the facility where the person is incarcerated or | | hospitalized.__The person bringing the pet to the shelter shall | | also provide the shelter with that person's name and address and | | that person's relationship to the owner or the official capacity | | in which that person is acting to enforce the animal welfare | | laws.__The animal shelter may accept the pet unless the shelter | | is in quarantine.__An animal shelter accepting a pet under this | | section shall comply with the provisions of this section. |
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| | | 1.__Notice.__An animal shelter that accepts a pet under this | | section shall within 24 hours of receiving the pet send a notice | | by mail, return receipt requested, to the owner of the pet.__The | | notice must inform the owner of the provisions of this section. |
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| | | 2.__Release of pet. Upon payment of costs incurred for food, | | shelter and veterinary care, an animal shelter shall release a | | pet accepted under this section to its owner or to a person who | | is designated in a letter signed by the owner as acting on the | | owner's behalf. |
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| | | 3.__Transfer of ownership; disposition of pet.__If an owner | | fails to arrange for release of a pet in accordance with |
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